I’m of a certain age where all my friends (and in a year and a half I myself) are starting to reach that milestone birthday year. When I was a child I remember when my mom turned 40. A friend was trying to be funny and put up “Over the Hill” signs on her birthday.…
Bodega Bay is known for it’s beautiful cliffs and hills, leading to stunning views of the Pacific Ocean. Bodega Head in particular had a beautiful, relatively flat hike where one saw hills, beach, seals, and if you were lucky even a few whales. But hidden in the trail, sometimes just right off the trail, are…
On our last day in San Diego, we spent a lazy morning packing up our AirBnB and making a picnic lunch. We were headed north next, and thought on our way out of town, at the suggestion of a friend, we decided to check out Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve. My friend promised beautiful views…
We had driven all the way to Palm Desert to spend the Thanksgiving Holiday. We couldn’t leave without visiting the famous Joshua Tree National Park. The park is famous for its titular trees, tall knobby plants shooting out from the ground, where each branch ends in a spiny green puff. Legend has it that the…
After our visit to the John Muir National Historic Site, we intended to take the kids for a hike. But instead of the hills of the John Muir Site we opted for the relatively flat trails of the Martinez Waterfront Park. A large swath of land near the Martinez Waterfront has been turned into…
During our adventure in Pinnacles, we had four kids who needed entertaining and were too small to go along on the rock climbing adventure with the men. So the four women along on the trip decided to take them on a nice, easy, hike to some interesting caves. What could go wrong? About a mile…
I am fortunate enough to have a close friend who loves the mountains so much so that she bought a house there just to escape on the weekends. It’s a sweet two bedroom house in Mt. Shasta City. Right off the highway and in town with access to a grocery store, coffee shop, gas station,…